Reducing single-use/disposable plastic

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TomahawkMike Oct 2018 9:53am, 24 Oct 2018 1,551 posts	0 TomahawkMike (done. anything to raise awareness..)
Old Croc Oct 2018 10:30am, 24 Oct 2018 29,477 posts	0 Old Croc We are replacing goody bags at our race with a water bottle - still plastic I know. Putting stuff inside the bottle and handing them out - a value item which is re-usable many times to replace a throw away poly bag. A small step I know but 450 put together in one go. Would have liked to gone one step further but costs / lack of sponsor limited us - maybe an extra wee step next year - or 450 more!
Carpathius Oct 2018 11:28am, 24 Oct 2018 15,590 posts	0 Carpathius Signed. It drives me mad that every bloody thing is shrink-wrapped. I get fruit and veg mostly from the local greengrocer now anyway, who are used to me refusing a plastic bag to put stuff in, but it is more expensive.
Garfield Oct 2018 11:52am, 24 Oct 2018 9,382 posts	0 Garfield Signed too...I'm trying to buy plastic free veg as much as is possible. Much check out the local outdoor greengrocers as they tend to be cheaper than the supermarkets selling individual peppers (quite expensive but at least they aren't wasted like when I buy them in plastic wrapped packs and forget about them! ).
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Oct 2018 4:35pm, 24 Oct 2018 27,333 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) only too pleased to sign
alpenrose Oct 2018 4:38pm, 24 Oct 2018 36,324 posts	0 alpenrose I signed.
Southcoastpete Oct 2018 4:54pm, 24 Oct 2018 5,711 posts	0 Southcoastpete Interesting you mention race goody bags Old Croc. I did the Great South Run on Sunday, and the amount of plastic in the goody bag was quite worrying. Even the medal was wrapped in plastic. Why do us runners expect a goody bag anyway? I guess that's for another thread.
run free Oct 2018 9:39pm, 24 Oct 2018 3,287 posts	0 run free Old Croc - have been giving events ideas on "goody" bag to reduce the packaging. Happy to send you ideas if you interested as well as reusable alternatives to cable ties etc
MazH Oct 2018 9:46pm, 24 Oct 2018 9,916 posts	0 MazH Well done OC x
Garfield Oct 2018 8:23am, 25 Oct 2018 9,385 posts	0 Garfield We discovered reusable cable ties a number of years ago in Canada while on holiday/at home. Hubby bought a good number of them to reuse.

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Information about Plastic Packaging:
UK: wrap.org.uk

EU: ec.europa.eu

What products have microbeads?
beatthemicrobead.org

To help you reduce try one level at a time:https://tyrelady.wordpress.com/support-the-challenges/

What the EU is doing:
europa.eu

- currently the UK will be following SOME of the EU measures.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Terms used to describe plastic:
1. Biodegradable (also oxi-biodegradable)
2. Bioplastic
3. Compostable
4. Plastic that potentially could be recycled (has numbers)
5. Plastic that cannot be recycled

Some resources:
BBC's info on the numbers on Plastics:
news.bbc.co.uk

The misconceptions of biodegradable plastics from an academic:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b04051?src=recsys&

Understanding plastic terms:
wrap.org.uk

Bioplastic developments as seen by British Plastic

britishplastics.co.uk

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